"Godling? Demigod?" Lysis nearly howled. "You'd be beaten black and blue in Thebes, and staked out overnight for claims like that. In Sparta, the secret police would ambush you, violate you, skin you alive and use your skull for a drinking cup."
Janet MorrisSacred Bands and elite squadrons aren't what the mercenaries' guild is about. Field them at your peril.
Janet Morris